Climbing Systems

[Dean Lofthouse]

hi mate, you should pm skyhuck, he is really up to date with all the new climbing techniques and has revolutionalsed tree access with mewps, if there is a simpler more ergonomic way of doing it, he is your man

 

You want to see his harness, 18 months old and looks like it's been dragged down the M1 on a rope at the back of a car from scotland to london on a rainy day

[RobArb]

Petzl Sequoia Harness

45m Yale Blaze Spliced end

VT with friction hitch

5m Yale xtc Strop with pulley and distel hitch

Cambium Saver (sometimes)

[Mark Bolam]

Petzl Sequoia

25m Yale Blaze

VT with hitchclimber (yellow and black 10mm cord - can't remember name)

3.5m strop with spliced eye, ISC rope grab

ART ropeguide or Komet cambium saver

Gecko carbon fibre spikes

20' ladder

[bob]

kits will always be different

mine has changes all the time

trying new bits or taking em out

buying new bits

and looking for something better

and my kit varies depending on what sort of climb it is

[Nick Waring]

VT with hitchclimber (yellow and black 10mm cord - can't remember name)

 

Marlow Boa? See pic below.

 

I climb with....

 

treeMotion harness,

45m new england hi-vee

marlow boa prusik loops

3m strop with distel + pulley

Cambium Saver

Edited May 11, 2009 by Nick Waring

[LSD]

kits will always be different

mine has changes all the time

trying new bits or taking em out

buying new bits

and looking for something better

and my kit varies depending on what sort of climb it is

 

Same here.

I kinda make it up as I go along,

Climbed on a weaver with a blakes for years and was happy with it, then when looking for a new harness , I discovered this site and my life got a whole more complicated.

I now use a TM with hitch climber vt. Setup or a lock jack depending on which way my ropes in the bag +pantin, kong if I have foot lock. , 27m Yale fire

New England side strop, with marlo hitch cord, pulley,

and sometimes cambium saver

All colour coordinated of course:001_tongue:

 

Still get the blakes and Gecko out when it’s raining / conifer

 

Or if im hung-over, I use a hoist

[Frank]

we, split triple ladders and lash them to the trunk using bailer twine and para-cord, then take it in turns to climb up and cut of limbs. Once the tree is "de-limbed" we erect a scaffold tower around the trunk and dismantle it piece be piec using a battery operated recipricating saw.

 

 

 

Not really.

Petzl Sequoia

Petzl Swivel

V.T w/hitch climber (2x Peztl OK Karabiners)

Yale Blaze 11.1mm Rope (recreational use only haha)

Edelrid Cambium Saver

Lanyard - Yale 10mm (3.5m), ISC Rope Grab, 2 x Isc Karabiners

[Johny Walker]

me i keep it simple ,weaver harness,45m green & white stuff 2,short beal strops ? 4 crabs 3,yellow & black pussy loops ? ropes a rope

[Mark Bolam]

Marlow Boa? See pic below.

 

I climb with....

 

treeMotion harness,

45m new england hi-vee

marlow boa prusik loops

3m strop with distel + pulley

Cambium Saver

 

Thats the one.

[Mark Bolam]

Frank our set-up's are frighteningly similar.

 

So is our takedown methodology by the sound of things! You need a long extension cable for the bigger stuff though, don't you?